LOW
viewpatch in mgdiff 1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files
Published Oct 27, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
viewpatch in mgdiff 1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00342
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00342
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00087) | 22.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335188 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17299 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15180 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22846 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335188 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17299 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15180 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22846 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 27, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 27, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3331
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a